NGO, CSOs Decries High Number Of Inmates Awaiting Trials

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNGO, CSOs Decries High Number Of Inmates Awaiting Trials

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 21, 2024

Non-governmental and civil society organisations with focus on justice sector-reforms says about 70% of inmates are those awaiting trial and who may never be liable for any jail term. The group stated this during a meeting hosted by the Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) held in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. The groups in a statement signed by the Head of Communications and Knowledge Management of the PPDC, Munachi Okoro, decried the preponderance of...

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Nigeria to Celebrate 64th Independence Low Key Due to National Challenges

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria to Celebrate 64th Independence Low Key Due to National Challenges

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 20, 2024

Nigeria is set to celebrate its 64th Independence Anniversary with a low-key event, reflecting the current mood of the nation, the Federal Government announced on Thursday. This was revealed on Thursday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume, during the inauguration of the Inter-Ministerial Committee responsible for organising the national event. The Director of Information at the Office of the SGF, Segun Imohiosen, issued a statement on behalf of Senator...

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Governor Lawal Urges Matawalle to Step Down Over Allegations of Bandit Sponsorship and Money Laundering

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Lawal Urges Matawalle to Step Down Over Allegations of Bandit Sponsorship and Money Laundering

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 20, 2024

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has urged his predecessor and current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to step aside and address the allegations of sponsoring banditry and money laundering during his tenure as governor. Lawal made this call during an interview on TVC on Wednesday, stressing that Matawalle should clear his name if he still has any integrity. “If I were him (Matawalle), I would resign and face all the allegations against me....

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Nigeria’s Economic Outlook: Rewane Forecasts 3.5% Growth and $400bn GDP by 2026

BusinessEconomyNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Economic Outlook: Rewane Forecasts 3.5% Growth and $400bn GDP by 2026

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 20, 2024

….Minister Edun Reports $2.35bn Foreign Reserves Inflow As Taiwo Oyedele Voices Concerns The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, has projected that the Nigerian economy will experience a 3.5 per cent growth by 2026, increasing the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to approximately $400 billion. Rewane made this disclosure during the Access Bank Customer Forum held in Lagos on Thursday. He remarked, “The Nigerian economy will grow at...

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Poverty, Unemployment Influence Violence – former Head of State, Gen. Abubakar

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPoverty, Unemployment Influence Violence – former Head of State, Gen. Abubakar

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 20, 2024

The former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd) has identified unemployment and poverty as some of the factors that influence violence and extremism in the country. Gen. Abubakar asserted the celebration of the International Day of Peace 2024 held at the Lecture Hall of the Abdulsalami Abubakar Institute for Peace and Sustainability Development Studies, Minna. “Poverty and unemployment are breeding grounds for violence and extremism. To build a peaceful Nigeria, we must tackle these roots....

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Over 60 Youth Organizations Distance Itself From October First, National Protest

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 60 Youth Organizations Distance Itself From October First, National Protest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 20, 2024

The president of Nigeria Youth Organization, Duke Alamboye has declared that over 60 youth organizations will not participate in the rumored national protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration on October 1. Alamboye made the position of the youth leaders known when he led a delegation of representatives of the groups on a courtesy visit to the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, in Abuja on Thursday. According to a press release...

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World Bank To Grant $1.5bn Loan To Nigeria

BusinessEconomyNewsNigeriaWorld Bank To Grant $1.5bn Loan To Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 20, 2024

The Federal Government of Nigeria will soon receive a new loan totaling $ 1.5 billion from the World Bank. The financial institution said the loan will be approved on September 26. The federal government had received $750 million from the World Bank for humanitarian and social reforms and $1.5 billion for its economic stabilization plan. The $1.5 billion will be distributed through three major development projects aimed at improving Nigeria’s economic stability and resource mobilization...

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Burial Arrangement For Late Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General Have Been Release

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBurial Arrangement For Late Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General Have Been Release

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 20, 2024

The burial arrangement for late elder statesman and President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has been released. The Chairman of the national burial committee, Senator Ben Obi, while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, said hief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu will be buried on 1 November, 2024. Obi, who was flanked by the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Amb. Okey Emuchay, and burial sub-committee chairmen, Senator Osita Izunaso, Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd) and others,...

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Clean Energy: ECOWAS sets a 2030 Target on Green Hydrogen

EnergyNewsNigeriaClean Energy: ECOWAS sets a 2030 Target on Green Hydrogen

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 20, 2024

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has set a target of 0.5 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2030 in a bid to achieve clean energy through increased production of green hydrogen. While speaking at the capacity building workshop for private sector actors on green hydrogen on Thursday, the Regional Coordinator for Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen at West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL),...

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Edo Guber: Jonathan Calls INEC, Security Personnel To Maintain Neutrality

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo Guber: Jonathan Calls INEC, Security Personnel To Maintain Neutrality

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 20, 2024

Ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, former President Goodluck Jonathan has preached peace, urging state institutions involved in managing the process to create a level-playing field to ensure free and fair polling. Jonathan made this known in a statement on Thursday signed by Ikechukwu Eze, his media adviser, in which he urged political actors and stakeholders to work towards deepening the nation’s democracy by prioritising the peace and security of Edo State....

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